HMIS COURSE WORK

GROUP MEMBERS : REG NO: SIGN:

JAAFAR YUSUF INUWA 2017AG/MBCHB/1110

NAJMA AHMED 2019J/MBCHB/1026

Qns:
1.a. using a start compiler look at the most recent demographic surveys
of Namibia, Uganda, and south Africa and study the following
indicators, and comment on There healthy status :
>1. Infant mortality rate
>2. Maternal mortality
>3. Total fertility rate
1b. Represent the total fertility rate of three years fertility rate of
Namibia and plot on a bar graph and comment on the graph.
Q2A.Briefly describe DHIS2 (describe what it is based on, technology, its
history and where its use).
2b.describe the HMIS Forms used in Uganda
2c. describe the kinds of data collected and used in DHIS2
2d. state the strength and weaknesses of HMIS in Uganda.
INFANT MORTALITY RATE: this is the number of deaths per Thousand live births of children
under one year of age.
The following are the infant mortality of;
UGANDA, NAMIBIA, and SOUTHAFRICA

The above table shows a decrease in birth rate at all the three countries, which
may be due to public health education improvement and also increase in birth
rate.

. Maternal mortality ratio: is the annual number of female death per 100,000 live birth from any course
related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management (excluding accidental or incidental courses).

THE following are maternal mortality rate for Uganda Namibia and South Africa

TOTAL FERTILITY RATE: Is also called fertility rate, absolute, or potential, Natality, period
total fertility rate (PTFR) Is the average number of children that would be born to a woman over
her life time .
Following are current total fertility rates of:
UGANDA, NAMIBIA and SOUTHAFRICA

The above table shows a decrease in all the countries which may be due to age, education, or
population control e.t.c

Qn2a.
> DHIS2 BASED ON TECHNOLOGY:

It is an open source of software plat form for reporting, analysis, and dissemination of data for all
health programs developed by the health information system program (HISP).

>DHIS2 BASED ON (history): it is used in more than 60 countries around the world.
It is developed by health information system program (HISP), the core development of DHIS2 platform (
RELEASE AND VERSION) are coordinated by department of informatics at the university of Olso, and
supported by NORAD, PEPFAR, the global fund to fight AIDS ,TB, and malaria, UNICEF, and the
university of Olso.

VERSION AND RELEASE

DHIS2 (from 2008) is a continuation of DHIS version 1 developed on source of java technologies and
available as an online web application, the first release version 2.0 came in February 2008 after 3years of
development releases, and most recent version 2.27 in June 2017.
Dhis2 IS developed using open source java frame works and tools such as the spring frame work ,
hibernate, struts 2, maven and j unit.

DHIS2 BASED ON USE (when its use): Dhis2 is used in the following
1. Aggregation of statistical data collection,
2. Validation,
3. Analysis,
4. Management and,
5. Presentation.

Q2b. forms of HMIS IN Uganda:

>Health management and information system involve the formation, processing, storage, retrieval
and dissemination of health information for decision making.
FORMS:
1. Health unit physical inventory,
2. Health unit equipment inventory,
3. Health unit staff inventory,
4. Health unit notifiable disease report,
5. Health unit weekly epidemiological surveillance,
6. Health unit quarterly report,
7. Health unit quarterly assessment report,
8. Health unit population report,
9. Health unit annual report.

Qn2c. Kinds of DHiS2 data collection

1. Malaria,
2. Tuberculosis /TB ,
3. Family planning,
4. weekly surveillance.
Qn2d.

WEAKNESSES OFDHIS2:
1. IT requires high or special skills,
2. Not affordable at all levels,
3. Data may be hard/ difficult to capture,
4. The system may break down.

STRENGTHS OF DHIS2:

1. Serve as a means of communication between ministry of health and lower facilities,

2. Data is electrically stored,
3. Dhis2 is a means for data analysis.